Beating Bloodmounts without Shields
Lately I have played in a few games where we forgot to replant key shields or they get knocked down and the bloodmounts are able to come at us without anything to stop them – and we make it through the wave. I think this is due to a new strategy we have started using. I like to call it – “Let the newb die”.
I must admit not everyone I was playing with knew about this strategy, but it has been working. When a bloodmount attacks the newbs try to go toe-to-toe with the bloodmount. This is bad for them, but good for you. This allows the rest of the team to fall back. Everyone needs to shoot at the bloodmount (in the head! always in the head!) and ignore the rider until the bloodmount is dead. The newb might get knocked down before you kill the bloodmount, but the bloodmount will usually leave that player and come after the rest of the team (at least in the earlier waves 10, 20, 30). By that time the bloodmount is pretty much ready to die and only makes it a few steps before it is downed. Right when the bloodmount is ready to die, or when it dies, the rider falls off and it stunned for a little bit. Use this time to run up on the rider and saw him down. This saves your ammo to use on the next bloodmount. One person can be sawing down the rider while the others revive the downed teammate. Since you can only go down three times before you die, you might have to take turns going toe-to-toe with the bloodmounts.
I only recommend this strategy if you don’t have shields. Also make sure you have plenty of room to back away from the bloodmount. This strategy doesn’t work well if you can only back up a couple steps. You need to have plenty of distance between you, the newb and the bloodmount. You also need a team that works together to bring down the bloodmount by shooting it in the head. If the newb can stand in a doorway while fighting the bloodmount toe-to-toe it also prevents other enemies from making it past them so you only have to fight one at a time.